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For people that make BG websites...

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Farthy, Feb 4, 2002.

  1. Farthy Gems: 10/31
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    [​IMG] How long does it take?

    How long do you think it took to make SP? I tried making websites, but they really absorb much of your life up.
     
    Farthy, Feb 4, 2002
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  2. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Well, I started making it in the middle of 1999. It's 2002 now and it's finally nearing the vision I had for it in the beginning. So that's about 3 years of constant work & dedication... And we're not nearly finished. It's an ongoing, ever-updating project.

    Of course not many people could pull it off... That's why there are so many users compared to the number of websites. ;)

    [This message has been edited by Taluntain (edited February 04, 2002).]
     
    Taluntain, Feb 4, 2002
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    The vision? Can you tell us more at what you where aiming for? How many hours a day average have you spent? How often do you take time off?(holiday from the site)
     
    Alienboy, Feb 4, 2002
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    /me pictures SP without Tal

    Crash. Splatter. Bang. Slurp.

    Rubble.

    I had a website once (with a friend, so I wasn't even doing 100% of the work); It lasted about 8 months total, consuming all my afternoons. I had NO time left for ANYTHING else...classes, friends, homework, myself.... God, I would NOT do it again.

    I abandoned it from June till summer. Interestingly enough, I looked again about a month ago. It was gone.

    ;)
     
    Tiamat, Feb 4, 2002
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  5. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Alienboy, this. Site, community, chatroom, etc.
     
    Taluntain, Feb 4, 2002
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    [​IMG] I wish I could see the site the first day Tal put it up. I've been here almost a year and since then there has been a lot of changes, especially with the boards.

    -Rules got stricter, editing got enforced, and no more double posting

    -Avatar system followed by custom avatars

    -tons more smilies

    -spell checker added

    -chatroom now has a graphical page of chatroom stats, full of eye candy and other goodies

    -Darien became a mod ;)

    -Creativity Surge and Roleplay Corner added (big thumbs up)

    -Screenshot of the Week added :)

    -The pic on the main page changed

    -Lots more newspeople (who can start telling us more about IWD 2 :p)

    -More updates to all the games sections

    All in all some good stuff. I still would like to know what it was like at the very beggining? Any cheesie animations? Or other such silliness? :p
     
    Big B, Feb 4, 2002
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  7. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Well I did bother with some animated gifs (you can see the last remaining two in the BG1 subsection, in the title), but nothing sillier. It was an efficient design, similar to this one, but much simpler. But it was frames, and people could get out of them...
     
    Taluntain, Feb 4, 2002
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